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German newspaper groups including Axel Springer and the publishers of Der Spiegel are working with a Dutch start-up to offer individual articles in exchange for micropayments through a platform launching this week. Blendle’s move to Germany is its first step outside its home market after it was launched in April. The business, which offers access to single articles via a website and app, has 400,000 registered users in the Netherlands, more than two-thirds of whom are aged 35 or younger.

Around 60% of suppliers to the UK’s event industry are facing collapse within three months unless event businesses receive further support from the government. Of those businesses, 6% said they are unlikely to make it to the end of April.